Definition of "intercede" []

• To plead on another's behalf. (verb-intransitive)
• To act as mediator in a dispute. (verb-intransitive)

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• "We 'intercede' with God for the harm they have done us - not with the focus being on the harm we have suffered but on the condemnation from God they have earned by doing us harm."
• "Paulson doesn't address this subject - and he doesn't go too deeply into what it means to say, as Catholics do, that the saints "intercede" for "those who seek their help.""
• "'intercede' two brothers walking down the sidewalk."